COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 207, 10 December 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

DOMINION EXPORTS. . By TelegTaph.—Press Association. Wellington','Friday. - Tlie value of the principal products, passed through the Customs for export) for the month of November was £1,041,183, compared witli £1,070,461 for, November, 1909. For the year endingNovember SO last the total value wasj £20,223,129, as compared with £17,- ; 850,545 for _the year ending November 30, 1909. The following- table shows! the value of the various products fori November last:— < Butter 265,728 , ' Cheese 81,808 Frozen beef ... - ; 1,875 Frozen mutton 23,132 Frozen lamb ........ 2,360 Wheat 20,088 Oats '—;..., 2,606 Potatoes •... 101 Hemp 28,896 . Rabbits 13,237 Tow 1,518 Kauri gum 30,948 Grain and pulse other ' than oats and, wheat 312 ' i Hops ... - 2,814 i ' Hides 10,740 Skins (all" kinds)' .... 31,994 I . Tallow 18,390 Timber 55,829 Wool 295,099 •Gold 144,708 NEWTON KING'S' WEEKLY REPORT. At Stony River on Monday there was a full yarding. Grown, cattle sold well, but the demand for young stock was'% trifle easier, Yearling steers'made £2 7 s Gd to £2 17s Gd, yearling heifefs (small) £2 14s, 15-months heifers £3 lfls to £3 15 s, 18 to 20-mon-ths heifers R.W.B. £3 10s Gd! to £4 Lis, store cows £3 l'ls to £4, forward do. £4 6s to £4 15s, fat cows £5 Is to £6 Is, springing heifers £3 15s to £G, springing; cows £4 2s 6d to £5 2s Gd, bulls £3 13s to" £4 2s Gd, hoggets (fat) 13s 9d. At Rah-otu on -Tuesday there was a full.yarding. Yearling heifers made £2 14s, 15 -to LB-months do. £3 lis tp £3 l;6s, store cows' £2 Ids to £'3 lis; forward do. £4 2s to £4 15s, springing heifers £5 7s Gd to £6 2s 6d, bulls £3 10s to £4 14s. On the same day I held a clearing sale at Waitara'rodd on'account of Mr. Jas. Campbell. There was a good attendance of buyers. The cows were a niceUot: and in good condition. Competition was keen and excellent prices were realised. Cows, springing and at profit; made £8 to £l4 10s, later do.' £4 10s to £7 10s, bull £9 IBs, calves 355, disc 'harrows £4, dray £l6 ss, store pigs 18s 6d; sundries as usual. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. ' Matthews and ■ Bennett report a good yarding of cattle at their Ingle wood yards on Wednesday last, and prices for all classes were good, especially for store cattle. Prices as follow:—Springing heifers £4 lis to £5 7s 6d, good do. £5 15s to £6 ss, springing cows £4 2s Gd to £4 15s, store cows £3 14s 6d to £4 7s, empty heifers £3 8s to £4 6s~6d, 15months steers £2 15s to £3 4s, bulls £3 Is to £5 15s, fat cows £5 3s.

STOCK MARKETS. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Jolinsonville sale as follqws:—We offered a heavy yarding of sheep and cattle, which sold at late rates. Good quality bullocks £8 15s to £8 17s Od, lighter £8 7s 6d to £8 10s, light £8 ss; prime wethers 16s 6d to 17s, plain ivethers 15s 6d, prime ewes 15s 7d, lighter 14s 5d to 14s 7d, plain 15s 6d, lambs (good) 1 12s Gd to 13s 6d, plain 10s to lis Gd. MASTERTON. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Masterton stock sale as follows:—No s'heep were offered, the entry being confined solely to cattle, wlhieh came forward in excess of advertised numbers. Two or three pens of well-bred good-conditioned bullocks were offered, and met with keen competition, the whole yarding being disposed of under the hammer at prices in excess of vendors' expectations. We experienced an unsatisfied demand, and could -have disposed of a much larger yarding at satisfactory prices. Quotations:—Grown bullocks, in forward' condition, £7 2s to £7 ss, 3-year steers £5 l'ss to £5 17s Gd, 18-months to 2-year steers £3 7s to £3 19s, yearling steers £2 19s to £3 ss, fat cows £4 15s to £5 ss, store cows S3 5s to £4 ss, weaners 20s 6d to 3Ss 6d. ADDINGTON. At Addington live stock market there were good yardings of stock in most departments, and ti large attendance. Store slieep—Four-tooth wethers of medium quality made 10s to 12s, two-tooth wethers 8s 10dl to 12s Gd, four-tooth ewes 1-3s 3d, six-tooth 12s (kl,_f.m. 12s. aged ewes and lambs 5s !kl to 7s 7d (al counted), s.m. ewes in wool and lambs 9; od, hoggets to 12s Gd. Fat lambs—There were 3191 taken fo; export at lis 9d to 17s 6d, BGI by but chers at 9s 4d to 15s 7d. 1'56 by grazier at 10s 8d- to lis 4d, and 409 passed in al lis 9d to 15s sd. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 1-Cs Gd ti 18s, lighter 14s 6d to 16s, prime ewes 14 to 17s, extra to 17s Gd, others 9s to 13 6d, hoggets 12s 9d, merino wethers 10s Go Fivt cattle—Siteers £6 to £lO 10s, ex tra to £l3 3s 6d', iheifers £5 2s 6d t £8 10.5 (equal to 25s to 27s 6d for primt . £3s 24-3,-foT medium, and 20s to 2^fo

months £2 l!ls, 2-venr steers £3 15s, 2-yrar heifers £3 ] s to £3 10s, 3-yeaf steers £,j to -t's lis, 3-vear heifers £4 . 10r, dry cows 30s to £3 15s. Dairv cow-- were in good demand at £3 His to £') 1,7s (i-d. Pigs-—A full yardiir.' ;>f pigs met with a dull demand, and prices we're easier all round. Large baeoners made ."'J.s to 555, smaller -10s to 48s (equal to Id prV lb)' large porkers 30s to 30s, smaller 22s to 28s (equal to 4d to per lb), medium stores 15s to 21s, smaller 7s to 14s, weaners Is-(Id to (!s (Id. • BURXSTOE. At Burn si !c stock market, 110 fat cattle were yarded, the bulk of which were light weights, with a few pens of 'really prime .bullocks. Prime bullocks, £ll'los to £l2 10s, extra to £l3 10sj medium to good £9 10s to .CM, fair £B. to £9, best heifers and cows £9 to £lO 15s. medium £0 10s to £B. Fat sheep—3lo2 penned, the bulk of which were shorn sheep, principally dry! ewps; wihh an odd pen of prime wethers. The latter were easier by Is per head, but ewes suffered to the extent of 2s to.. 3s per head. Prime wethers (shorn), 17s' to, l!)s, extra £ls, good 15s to 16s Od, 1 medium 13s Gd to 14s fid, prime ewes las to lGs Gd', extra to LSs Od. good 13s to 14s Gd, medium 10s Gd to 12s Gd. Fat lambs?—s9l canje forward. Owingto the large yardiil-g, prices were easier," prime quality suffering to the extent of Is to Is Gd and light and'inferior 2s; best 14s Gd to 15s Gd, good 12s Gd to 13s Gd, light, and inferior 10s Gd to 12s. i Pigs—2-50 penned.-,,,1n consequence of the large yarding, it was difficult to quit several Suckers 4s to 6s 6d, slips 8s to 13s, stores IGs Gd te 235, porkers 25s to 355, light banners 3Gs to 40s, heavy . 44s Gd.